MACF Stakeholder Steering Group & MACF CIC Board of Directors

Date: 17th September 2015

Venue – BDP, 11 Ducie Street, Manchester City Centre

5.30 – 7.30pm

Present:
CIC Director and Steering Group
Gavin Elliott (chair) (GE)
Holly Bonfield (HB)
Nigel Rose (NR)
Ali Abbas (AA)
Dave Coleman (DC)
Jeremy Carter (JC) / Steering Group
Nicola Kane (NK)
Will Swan (WS)
Jessica Bowles (JB)
CIC team
Jonny Sadler (JS)
Lisa Lingard (LL)
Alice Howse (AH)
Apologies:
Kate Chappell
Steve Merridew / Simon Curtis
Helen Seagrave
Item / Discussion / Action
Introductions and apologies
As above. / -
Minutes of August Meeting
City Centre Strategic Plan – public consultation not launched yet. Draft MACF response to come back to Oct/Nov 2015 meeting.
Potential health event – JS to include as part of health and climate change research underway with MCC Public Health and University of Manchester. May be early-2016.
Low carbon leaders event – potentially 23rd Oct, TBC.
Initial list of tasks (to be updated on ongoing basis) for CIC team to work on was agreed at last meeting. JS to report on progress at future meetings.
Sustainable aviation – DC to try to arrange meeting with Sir Richard Leese and Manchester Airport.
Friends of the Earth/Craig Bennett challenges to Manchester – carry forward to next meeting for discussion of formal MACF response.
SM action RE reporting on a bid for GI project carried over to next meeting.
Programme of Manchester events for COP21 on agenda.
Update on and implications of GM Devolution to be discussed at next meeting. / JS
Note
DC
JS
DC
AH
SM
Note
JB, AH
Brief updates from thematic groups chairs
Energy – JS
Energy lead/chair position is still vacant. JS has been talking to Arup and Electricity Northwest. The subject lends itself to large infrastructure projects but will also include smaller, e.g. PV and community projects, which might be the basis of new activities than an energy group could initiate and oversee. To revisit as part of work to develop pipeline of MACF projects.
In the meantime JS to invite Julian Packer, GMCA Low Carbon Investment Director to next meeting.
Buildings–WS
Domestic – awaiting outcome of review being undertaken by BRE and CSR to give clear national policy direction.
Non-domestic – Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards and Energy Saving Opportunity Scheme provide potential levers to drive non-domestic energy efficiency work. WS and JS to discuss potential MACF activities.
Work is underway on a Manchester Design Guide – JB and JS to discuss potential MACF input.
Transport – SW/NK
See below item.
SCP – KC
Apologies from KC.
G&B – SM
Apologies from SM. / Note
JS, AH
Note
WS, JS
JB, JS
Brief updates from monitoring group chairs
CO2 – AA
AA to talk to HB to discuss running a ‘GRIP’ workshop as part of the Manchester COP21 programme of events.
Adaptation – JC
JC working with JS to maximise involvement and value of the RESIN project for Manchester, through the city case study element.
Culture Change – DC
Cooler will be arranging a low carbon culture leaders event, details TBC. Carbon Literacy project is being submitted for the Transformative Action Programme.
Low Carbon Economy – HS
See below item. / AA, HB
Note
DC
GM Transport Vision and Strategyto 2040 – NK
See presentation from NK.
There will be a public consultation on the draft strategy early-2016. NK and HB to discuss potential TfGM/MACF events to support.
The final version is scheduled for publication end-2016.
Steering Group to develop response to consultation in early-2016. / NK, HB
All
COP21 Events Programme– HB for SC
Working with extended events and comms group to develop programme, starting 1st October. Events will go on MACF website next week.
SG members are invited to suggest additional events.
The group may extend beyond this programme, and then move to a role in developing a programmelinked to European City of Science. / HB
All
Note
Manchester Strategy– GE
Draft MACF response developed through comments received from SG.
JS to circulate for final comments, and submission to MCC before end-October. / JS, all
Low Carbon Economy definition– JS for HS
JS presented on behalf of JS for initial comments. HS will be testing and refining the definition over the next 6 months and using into feed into MACF 2016-20.
DC gave written comments.
Doesn’t currently mention closed loopor regionality - bioregion needs to be in (NR).
JC found it difficult to zone into one section given current breadth – appears much broader than just ‘low carbon’.
Discussion on the scope – just low carbon or use a broader definition, as currently proposed.
‘Carbon’ doesn’t appear in the draft definition, although this is part of the objective title.
GE raised the need for the group to engage with an economist. New Economy are involved.
All to provide further comments to Helen. / All
AOB
a) MCC Neighbourhoods Scrutiny 29th September
GE presenting MACF Annual Report 2015.
b) MACF 2016-20
JS to bring project plan/timetable to next meeting.
c) City Centre Strategic Plan – Brief update
JS to bring draft MACF response to Oct/Nov meeting.
d) MACF CIC Update
Now formally registered with Companies House.
JB, JS and GE to develop CIC budget.
e) This Changes Everything film 26th September
Email to be sent to everyone – 40 tickets left. / Note
JS
JS
JB, JS, GE
AA
Future agenda Items and Date of Next Meeting
-Manchester Strategy response to sign off
-City centre strategic plan response to sign off (or Nov)
-Process paper of MACF 2016-20 production
-Minutes from CIC Executive board of directors
-Julian Packer presentation RE GM energy activities
-JB update on GM devolution for discussion on key issues and opportunities for MACF
-MACF response to the FoE ‘challenges’ from the AGM 2015
-Date of next meeting: 22.10.15 / GE, JS, AH